Business / Economy

Assembly Bill 1311 Brings New Hope to CRV Recycling for Rural Areas

By Iridian Casarez on December 1, 2021 at 6:19AM

really don’t want anything changed because it works well for them but when you get out into smaller counties that are rural counties, it doesn’t work at all," Wood said. "And so, that’s when you do feel like your David and anytime you try to make a little change you get the big guy’s attention and that can put a target on you and, fortunately, that didn’t happen, and it was pretty clear what we were trying to do."

Hambro Recycling Center in Crescent City.

Hambro Recycling Arcata Location Opening Postponed

By Iridian Casarez on November 30, 2021 at 9:47AM

It looks like Humboldt County residents are going to have to wait a little bit longer to recycle their CRV containers closer to home. Hambro Recycling's minor-use permit to operate in the city of Arcata is being recommended for approval by the Arcata Planning Commission during its Dec. 14 meeting.

A 50% Coupon for One Tool? Gardeners Call California’s Subsidy Inadequate

By Jesse Bedayn/CalMatters on November 30, 2021 at 6:16AM

Though Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill banning the sale of most new gas powered tools by 2024, gardeners and landscapers say a $30 million state subsidy isn’t nearly enough to help small operators make the switch to electric. The state agency responsible for administering the subsidy estimates it has only enough to give each self-employed gardener a 50 percent coupon for one tool, far from the truckload of leaf blowers, lawn mowers, small chainsaws, brushcutters and trimmers most haul around.

Supply Chain Woes Trigger Shortages of Critical Medical Devices

By Kristen Hwang/CalMatters on November 22, 2021 at 2:43PM

The Humboldt Bay Nuclear Plant operated at King Salmon from 1963 to 1976 and has taken $1.1 billion to decommission.

PG&E Reactor Officially Decommissioned, Nuclear Waste Not

By J.A. Savage on November 18, 2021 at 2:01PM

Environmental security is another story, however. When asked about responsibility to keep the site secure from the threat of a radioactive release due to a tsunami, sea level rise or some other environmental event, McIntyre said he would check and then got back to the Journal with an update.